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Peer reviewedLichtenberg, Donovan R. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Many of the difficulties that students have with mathematical symbolism seem to stem from the use of a horizontal form for an equation and a vertical form for computation. The differences between these two forms are discussed. (JT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Lamon, Susan J. – 1990
This paper examines sixth-grade children's thinking related to solving ratio and proportion problems before these children had received any instruction in the domain. It explores unitizing and norming, one of the processes identified by both content analyses (Behr, Harel, Post, & Lesh, 1990); Harel, Behr, Post & Lesh, 1990) and research in…
Descriptors: Coding, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computation
